Since arriving in America, people of Asian descent have been a target of discrimination, harassment and violence, even here in Maine.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Douglas Rooks: A time to think anew, and act anew
It’s the time to experiment. Is Augusta ready?
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Maine Voices: For some Maine families, stakes higher than ever as we try to put COVID behind us
With new variants spreading even as vaccination rates are rising, keep wearing masks, socially distancing and limiting non-essential travel.
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RSU 9 school board member: State budget provides certainty in stressful times
RSU 9 and other local governments will be able to do their jobs better because the Legislature passed its budget early, Wayne Kinney writes.
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Sen. Hickman: Mainers must have the right to vote in all taxpayer-funded elections
L.D. 231 would let unenrolled voters cast one ballot in the primary of their choice without having to enroll in a political party.
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Maine Voices: Helping harassed Asian Americans doesn’t require confrontation
The 5 D’s of Upstander Intervention – Delegate, Distract, Delay, Document and Direct – can be practiced before you need them.
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Maine Voices: Faulty arguments pressed against Belfast land-based salmon farm
An activist group is misrepresenting a project that has been approved by regulators.
Posted inBill Nemitz, Maine, Op-Eds, Opinion
Speak up, Maine men: Domestic violence is nothing to keep silent about
Hundreds turned out Friday in York to mourn yet another abuse victim. Most, by far, were women.
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Maine Compass: Local communities must be on the frontlines of climate fight
Business as usual won’t cut it anymore, writes a Waterville resident, as the city prepares to consider a resolution on climate change.
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Maine Voices: Antiquated car testing standards boost risk of injury, death for women
After a freak accident turned freak injury, research leads a college student to conclude that we won’t have safer vehicles until we have better crash test dummies.